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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Cam the Republicans Practice
What They Preach!

Now for that High License bill, gen.
tlemen. The crucial moment is al
hand, and you are to show your met
tie. Sixty-seven Of you-more than
enough to insure its passage-are pub
licly pledged to its support. You
have by your own act made it party
measure, If you do your duty you
will have a right to the honor-and it
will be great-of inaugurating one of
the most needed reforms of the time.
But there is a large sum of money
in Albany, and every one can get his
share OF it if he is willing to sell his
vote for cash. You can't dodge the
responsibility. The field is all your
own. If, therefore, the bill is killed
the public will feel reasonably certain
that you have somehow stumbled
against a thousand dollar bill, and in
STOPPING to pick it ub have dropped
your load of great moral ideas into the
mud.
These prohibitionists are making q
very sorry exhibition Of themselves,
They may talk as they please, but the
simple truth is they are social anarch-
lists They are practically working
not to bolt some Of the trap doors
through which our young men tum-
BILE to sheol, but to open additional
ones, and fill up the pit as fast as pos
sible, They are the allies of political
corruption, and the worst of it is they
have donned the cloak of sanctity in
order to serve their master more faith.
fully. We have some sort of respect
for man who declares openly that he
believes in wiping all laws statute
= book and letting men run loose, but i
one practises theory of that kind hC
has no business to put it into bottle
{ and label it pure and undefiled re
=, ligion." That, however, is what thes,
a prohibitionists are engaged in doing.
t Still, the bill is safe if you republi
! cans can be trusted. If it is lost, i
+ will be because your party has a piec
= Of silver stuck in its throat. In tina
case it had better stop prating abou
n its moral superiority and begin t
g mediate on its moral iniquity. Gen
It tlemen, these are facts, and they ar
h worth considering.-N Y Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

NASHVILLE, March 21,-Senate-
Mr.. Trimble introduced bill to pro.
tect employees in the employ OF cor
poration.
The bill giving county courts juris-
diction over vendors OF liens, was pass.
ed.
The bill to make seduction felony
was rejected in accordance with the
report OF the judiciary committee.
The bill to protect employees by
making it misdemeanor for corpora
tons to withhold laborers wages fol
purpose of making them trade at com
pany stores, was passed.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 fol
the East Tennessee Hospital for thu
Insane, was passed by vote of 90 t
4.
Afternoon session.-The bill to ex
empt number of counties from thu
provisions OF fish law passed.
The bill to refund to Druggists tax
es paid by them for the privilege o
selling was recommended for rejection
by the committee on finance, way
and means, was rejected,
The bill to increase the permanen
school fund to five million dollars wa
rejected.
The bill to divide the State int
hospital for insane districts passed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Boston, Mass, March 21.-The sub
stantial temporary wooden bridge
which has been erected in place of the
Bussey bridge at the scene of the ter
rible railway disaster of last Monday
was thoroughly tested yesterday and
the running of trains over the branch
was resumed to-day on the regular
schedule.
WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Harris and ex-SenatorWhitthorne left
here for Nashville this afternoon.
Senator Bate, who has an appoint
ment with the President in the morn
ing, will follow them tomorrow night /;
stopping en- route at Cincinnati. Mr..
Whitthorne SAID before leaving that
he looked for no action in the Knox
vile Pension agency case until after
the President has disposed of the 9th
er more important appointments he
now has in hand. The contest, in Mr..
Whitthorne's opinion, is between Car
penter and Patterson, with the drift
slightly toward the latter.
| The Norfolk and Western Railroad
company have contracted with the
Baldwin Locomotive Works to build
for them Immediately eighteen large
engines, six passenger engines six
large consolidation freight engines
and six heavy yard engines. The
heavy increase of traffic and the
change Of the guage of the road last
summer, which rendered a large mum.
Der OF their engines useless necessitat.
cd the purchase.
Another OF the well-known beauties
Of the London social world is about to
forsake the drawing room-though
not for the stage--Mrs. Wheeler, sc
well known as the contemporary Of
the Jersey Lilly. both in beauty and
popularity, being about to enter q
dressmaker's establishment as one o.
the working partners.
Senator Cullom says that Mrs. Cul.
lum's enthusiasm for the Interstate
commerce bill was simply intense un.
til she learned by the merest accident
that when it became law she would
not be able to ride on passes any more
After that she turned a regular som.
ersault and became one of the leaders
OF the opposition,
An attempt was made at Holly
Mich, to burn church in which q
large audience was gathered to hear
an address in favor of prohibition.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
The Nations Finances.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-Collec-
tons of internal revenue during the
first eight months Of the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1887, were $74, PASSES
being $917,607 less than the collections
during the corresponding period OF
the last fiscal year. There was a de.
crease of So, 735, 500 in receipts from
spirits an increase of $9S9,270 on to.
bacco; an increase Of $l,379,793 on
fermented liquors an increase of $14,-
908 on miscellaneous objects; and 9
decrease of $50, 794 on penalties, The
receipts for February, 1887 were $780,
O63 less than the receipts for the same
mounth of 1886.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
The Original Liar.

This is how the Athens Citizen
speaks of a contemporary. 1t is evil
dent that John L. Sullivan does not
edit that contemporary;
For downright lying the editor of
our little pot-mettle contemporary,
who, otherwise, hasn't an original idea
above the slime and filth of the street
gutter, certainly takes the cake. In
last weeks issue of the weekly con-
Germ a column, more or less, was de-
voted to some of the most silly and
prevaricating talk ever eminating from
man in his Notwithstanding
and untruthful in the extreme. But
we have no time to handy words with
a concern so little and unimportant.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Good old brother Charlton got his
back up and tail over the dash board
because he wasn't appointed Commits
sioner Of Agriculture and refused to
accept the position OF assistant. Now
he wants to get up Bureau of In
formation" OF his own, but declares
the "moneyed men must come to the
front and devise ways and means to
prosecute the work" If the moneyed
men don't ante brother Charlton will
find himself IN the situation of the
man who cut off his nose to spite his
face.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
An accomplished Fact.

BALTIMORE, Md, March 21.-The
American will state to morrow on the
very best authority that the Baltimore
& Ohio deal is an accomplished fact.
The names Of the participants, the
roads to be consolidated, and the de-
tails are still kept secret. 1t is also
stated on the same authority that the
road will not pass out of CARROTS
hands, and that Jay Gould will have
no voice in the new management.
1t is understood that this information
comes direct from Garrett
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Real Estate for Sale
BAXTER & CAMPBELL, Agents.

27acres near town, .......... ....... .... S2,l6O
SOxl6j between Church and Main street.
goood Investment.
House and Is acres near town. ... 500
House and lot on Fairview, .............. $500
House & lot on Main st and R. R square $500
6aeres in town, good investment.
To- Fine property near city, address agents.
An excellent Touring mill, fine manu-.
featuring site, dwelling, etc, on R. R.,
near depot, Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Another Touring mill IA miles from
town and fine site for machinery,
house with Is rooms good mineral
spring, 1853 acres of land all for ...... $4,000
| ~ acres miles from town, ........... $500
% acres near town, ................=.. $3.50
10 acres 3 miles west of town, ....... S4OC
IS acres, 3 miles 8 W Cash .......... $L2N
1913 acres, pa miles, ...........,...... 5000
Bargains in the above.
BAXTER & CAMPBELL,
Johnson City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Suicide Of a Bride Of Two Weeks.

New YORK, March 21.-Phillipina
Muth, aged IS years, bride of scarce
ly two weeks, shot herself dead this
morning in her room on the third
floor of the tenement No. $780, Avenue
A. The motive for the deed is wrap.
ped in mystery, 1t is only certain
she did not FIRE the fatal shot by acct
dent. Her husband was away at his
work when she took her life.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Governor Taylor has appointed w.
A. Wade, OF Gibson county, R. K.
Henderson, of Rutherford county, and
Col. ]. B. Stokely, OF Jefferson comfy,
Railroad Tax Assessors. Wade and
Henderson are representative newspa-
per men and Col. John Stokely is just
as honest and intelligent as if he was
one also. Governor Taylor made an
excellent selection and we are es.
pecially grateful to him for giving
as clever a fellow as Wade an Cp-
portunity to temporarily leave the
malarial low grounds of the District
for the health-infusing highlands OF
the East End, the interstate com.
merce bill to the contrary notwith.
standing.-MOrristown Gazette
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

The appointment Of Hon. William
B. Morrison on the Inter State Com
merce Commission will meet with a
hearty response from the Democratic
party. 1t will do more to set Presi-
dent Cleveland right with his party
than any other act he has yet perform
ed. Now let him appoint Carlisle to
the Treasury portfolio, and his re-
nomination and reelection is settled.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
The Interstate Commissioners.

WASHINGTON, March 22.-The Pres
ident has appointed the following in
terstate commerce commissioners
Thorn. M. Cooley, OF Michigan, for a
term of six years William r. Morri-
son, of Illinois, five years; Augustus
Schoonmaker, of New York, four
years Aldace f. Walker, of Vermont
three years Walter L. Bragg, of Ala
bama, two years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
MuflIinE a. Chestnut Bellies
Tongue.

Pittsburg Dispatch
Woman" said Ponsonby, lis the
condrum of the age. We can't guess
her, but we won't give her up"
Let me see, now" said Maud, re-
fectively and with sarcasm, a think
it was-yes, l am sure it was Jacob
who first made that remark to his
father-in-law."
"What q memory you haveW res
pended Ponsonby, with mock admira-
ton.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Gov. Taylor yesterday appointed as
Trustees for the Middle and East Ten
nessee Hospitals for the Insane, Ira P.
Jones, Jas. P. Mclaughlin, OF Nash
vile; Henry P. Fowlkes and D. P.
Cliffe, OF Williamson Co. T. S, Webb,
]. G. Flanders, of Knoxville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

A Knoxville Democrat yesterday
made the prediction that Bob Taylor
would be the Republican nominee for
Governor in 1888. We don't believe
it.-Kno1ViIle Tribune.
OfCourse, you do not, He will be
the Democratic nominee for that OF,
fee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
Prohibition in Atlanta,

Mr. J. G. Kimball, a leading bust
ness man of Atlanta, Ga, has written
letter portraying the business bene-
fits of prohibition in that city. Mr..
Kimball did not vote for prohibition,
but as leading property-owner of his
city, he refutes the statements widely
circulated that business has been de
pressed by prohibition and that many
business men have moved from the
city, He says that not one of the
buildings formerly used as a liquor
store is vacant, and that only one for
mer bar-room in unoccupied in the
business portion OF the city, and only
fourteen in all, most of which are
cheap temporary structures, He adds
that "for every really tenantable
building in the city now vacant, two
new ones have been erected since pro-
hibitiOn." A special feature present
ed by Mr. Kimball is in the fact that
of the new houses recently begun
many are being built for mechanics
and laboring men, and that colored
men are now buying lots and prepar-
ing to build their own homes. He
adds that population has increased
since prohibition, instead of diminish.
ing, as has been charged, and that pro.
hibition does prohibit in Atlanta,
as "the law is enforced with as much
success as any law upon our statute
books"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

The next Democratic nominee for
Governor Of Tennessee will be a man
who can be trusted by his party
Knoxville Tribune,
And his name will be Robt, l., Tay-
Tor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
AN EXTRAORDINARY 81.
TO Ali Wahdne Hrap.24a9as.

49, 6@4A w eLAi Jag ssA1-i Pea
We want Live. Energetic and T. ,2a5ls Agents
in every county in the United States Au5 Cana
da, to sell patent article Of great rngril. ON
IT'S MERITS. An article having large sale, pay
ing over 100 per cent profit, having no cJmpe-
ttion, and on which the agent is PROTECTED in
the exclusive sale by q deed given for each and
every county be may secure from us. Witt all
these advantage to our agents and the fact that
jt IS an article ta.t 2 40 ne sold to everv house
owner, It IA, Ia no. aa necessary to make an
'CNrRAoRp pFFaa 90 secure good agents
al once, bat we have concluded 10 make it to
show, not only or confidence in the merits Of
our invention, bdt in its Suitability by any agent
Lhat Will handle 1t with energy. Our agents
now at work are making from $3.50 to 5000
month clear and this fact makes 1t safe for us to
make our offer 10 all who are out of employ
ment. Amy agent that will give our business
Thirty days trial aud fail to clear at least 500
~ TINS time, AGovE ALI ENrENsEs, can return
III goods unsold to us and We viii refund the
money paid for thcm. Any agent or general
IS -nt who would like ten or more counties and
uork them through sub-agents for ninety days
auj fail 10 Clc7r at least S75o AnOvE ALL Tx.
LENSES, can rctnrn ak unsoid and get their
money back. No o-her employer otogeuts ever
-..-2j ,u make SUCH ctierS noI would we II we
t't not kno" tR2t VIC have agents now n king
.3ars than Vaubc the amount we guaranteed;
H1I hut tw sales day would give profit Of
over Btas m7athi and that one Of our agents
t3oE eighteen orders IN one day, Our large de.
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i-c,e We wish 10 send tc everyone cut Of en-,
pnyment who riN send US three me cent
Stamps ior postage. Send az once and secure
3D. agency ll rnl lurlos boom, aud 60 to work
,.a ,u- ,-rms named m Owe Extraordinary offer
wupia hte % have Ac address Of all the
t.-a.s. s1atHg machine solicitors and carpen-
,-t,, rhe country, aal ask any reader Of this
!. g-r who reads this od-r, to send US at once
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

A Texas paper says "tbe cost of an
ordinary glass Of pure whiskey is said
to be one and three-tenths cents yet
we continue to pay the regulation
price-ffteen cents-for slough water
colored with tobacco juice and tenn
pertd with soldier coat buttons and
ash-hOpper nails"
A candid mississippi oftice-seeker
explains his earnestness to save the
country as follows AT the earnest
solicitation of my many debtors
have consented to become a candidate
for County Treasurer"
Congressman Willis, of Kentucky
says President Cleveland "has grown
very rapidly in the regard of Congress,
during the last session, his veto of the
dependent pension bill going far to
wards the end"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
THE COMET.
Johnson City. Tenn. March "a. 1887.

The Legislature viii adjourn next
Monday.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

A narrow gauge railroad has been
completed to the summit of Lookout
Mountain, the scene OF Hooker's fight
above the clouds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

An eighteen-year-old young man of
Richie county, Indiana, fell i'll with
measles His grandmother, anxious
to effect speedy cure and "bring
them out" placed him between two
ticks Of feathers, with hot stones at
his feet and a live sheep alongnde
him. He died.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Mr., Simerly introduced in the Leg
islature yesterday a bill to authorize
the incorporation Of the c., c, & G.
Railroad.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24

Carlisle is the best man for Secreta-
ry OF the Treasury.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-03-24
TOHN BOYD,
CITY BARBER,
Rankin Block. Johnson Citr.

Has opened at the above place pretty stock
of SPRING Millinery, Hats and Bounets
In Felts, Ashakrone and straw. White aud col.
ored Frames in all varities, Tips, Lampkins,
Velveteens, Ribbons and Ornamets for Trim.
minRa
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
A Novel Irrigation Method,

1t might have been supposed that
in California, where so large section
is absolutely worthless for cultivation
without the use of water for irrigation
about all had been learned with refer
ence to the application of moisture to
growing crops that was possible. All
sorts OF experiments have been tried
mainly with view of making a modi-
cum of water suffice for maximum
of area. And as the demand for
water increases each year with the
increase of immigration, while the
water supply remains at the same
level, anything which will help to
show economy and may be practiced
in this matter will be OF
interest. 1t remains for a
Texas farmer to hit upon an entirely
new scheme, and one which seems
feasible as well as valuable. This is
simply cheap and rough application
Of the principle of underground irriga-
ton, whose value has been SO amply
demonstrated by A. N. Cole, the in
ventor OF what is known as the "new
agriculture. The Texas man, it
seems, found that the laying Of the
tile or construction Of the trenches for
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
At Rest.

A pang of deep and poignant griei
will smart in the breasts of hundreds
of the old time Angelenos when they
learn that yesterday Mrs. Eliza A.
Tiffany passed away.
For more than aguarter of century
she has been one of the best known
of the ladies' of Los Angeles, and she
has been known as good woman,
full of kindly thoughts and acts for all
with whom she had any relations. AT
the ripe age of three score years and
ten, she goes to her rest full Ct honors
as of years, and leaves to those who
mourn their loss in her departure the
best of all possible legacies-the sweet
remembrance of a good life. Notice
of the funeral will be found in the
proper place in this issue of the HER
AID.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28

underground irrigation was altogether
too expensive process, so he put his
wits to work and evolved a method
which appears to be distinctively his
own. Every hing planted was grown
a half feet from center to center.
The ground was first manured, then
plowed and narrowed thoroughly, and
then thrown into these ridges. A
layer of coarse hay or straw was then
put in the burrows between the ridges,
well tramped down, and the ridges
were split open with turning-plow,
thus covering the straw completely,
though very thinly in the center,
which is desirable point. The crop
was then planted. and then over the
surface of the field mulch of straw
or coarse hay was spread. When
water was needed by the growing crop
it was turned on at the highest level
and readily worked its way down
through the layers of straw be-
meath the soil between the rows.
The surface mulching prevented
the growth of weeds, while the water
readily percolated through the soil to
the roots of the plants. There was
no surplus moisture on the surface to
cause the ground to dry out and crack
open, but, on the contrary, the soil re-
manned in the very best possible con-
dition all through the season, and did
not require quarter of the attention
that must be given where surface irri |
cation is practiced. After the crop is |
off the field should be plowed, which
will turn the mulching |
under, where it will decay
and leave the soil in good condition |
for next seasons crop. This example |
is certainly an easy and inexpensive
one to follow, and it would not be
amiss for some of the farmers in the
belt to try it. The straw left
every season by the threshers, and
generally burned, would answer ad-
for filling the burrows, and no
great amount of labor need be involved |
in making the experiment, while,
ju .ging by the Texans experience,
there can be no failure.-(Fresno Re-
publican. .
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
Anaheim Land Sales.

The Anaheim New Era reports tn,
following sales of lands in that plac,
last week:
M. Howey to M. M. Poole-40 acre,
IL miles west of Anaheim for $4,000
D. w. Hudson toF. Ey-Lot 4 block
20, Fullerton, $500.
d. w. Hudson to G. f. Groat-Lot
8, block 20, Fullerton, $500.
p. James to Pellegrin & Cahen-Lot
81, block %, Fullerton, $4,000.
Littlefield to Pellegrin & Cahen-
Lots 5 and 6, block 29, Fullerton.
$1,000,
J.P. Zeyn to M. Summerfield-Vine-
yard lot A-4, 10 acres, $4,000.
w. HI. Lyon to J. p. Greeley-Lots
16 and II, block 27, Fullerton, $400.
F. B. Weis has sold his lot on the
corner of Center and Adams street,
opposite the lumber yard, to Victor
Blanchard for $4,000.
A. E. White to Mr.. Carter, of Colo
RADIO acres at south end of Los An
geles street, $2500.
Mr.. M. Summerfeld says the Zeyn
tract OF ten acres, which he has just
purchased for $400 per acre, will
shortly be subdivided and sold in lots.
1t is probable that cottages will be
built to facilitate sales by drawings for
them.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-28
The BON DIS Carry.

There was very light vote cast in
the bond question yesterday; not be-
cause there was little interest felt in
the matter, but because it appeared
from the beginning that the voting
would all be one way. The results
were as follows First ward, for the
bonds 76, against the bonds 8; Second
ward, for the bonds 20, against 4 !;
Third ward, for the bonds 93, against
O; Fourth ward, for the bonds 81,
against 8; Fifth ward, for the bonds
3S, against 3. Total for the bonds so,
against 10. Grand total vote 3S9. The
Third ward takes the banner, having
no citizen to vote no ON this PROPOSE
ton. With $l50,O0O to build new
schools there will be provided ample
accommodations for all the children
in the city.